Vehicle-dash fastening



(ModeL) S. D. LANCE & W. P. ELLIOTT.

VEHICLE DASH FASTENING. No. 263,538. Patented Aug. 29, 1882.

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SHIELDS D. LANCE AND WILLIAM F. ELLIOTT, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

VEHICLE-DASH FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,538, dated August29, 1882,

Application filed May 31, 1882. (ModcL) To all whom it may concern Be itknown that we, SHIELDs D. LANCE and WILLIAM F. ELLro'r'r, citizens ofthe United States, residing at the city of Columbus, in the county ofFranklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fastening Attachments for Vehicle-Dashes having SolidForged or \Velded Feet, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates .to the attachment of vehicle-dashes having thefoot forged with or welded to the lower barin the dash-frame; and theobject is, first, to provide a dash having a solid foot welded to thedash-frame, so as to pass the foot upon the outside of the body and beadjustably attached to vehicles having bodies of different heights andwidths, and also be so constructed that the solid foot will notinterfere with the stitching on of the dashcover when sewed by means ofthe ordinary sewing-machine; secondly, to produce a device which willmore securely connect the welded foot of a dash to the vehicle-body, sothat it will be durable and elegant in appearance.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a sectional view ofour welded dashfoot and attachment; Fig. 2, an elevation of the solidfoot. Fig. 3 is a thimble or tubular piece, against which is clamped thefoot and brace or angle-iron, showing within the thimble an eccentricbolt. Fig. 4 isa view of the thimble; Fig. 5, a perspective view of thesolid foot, showing reverse side from that in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is acone-shaped tube or bearing-piece, against which the foot and brace orangle-iron are clamped.

Dashes with solid feet have hitherto been constructed so as not to admitof vertical and lateral adjustment to vehicle-bodies of differentheights and widths.

Our invention consists in constructing a welded or solid dash-foot sothat it will admit an ordinary sewing-machine to stitch the cover belowthe bottom rail in the dash-frame without being obstructed by the foot,and in forming a shoulder and an angle for a brace, which extends overthe front of the body, and at the same time extending the foot downwardbetween the apron of the dash and the admit of vertical and lateraladjustment by means of screw-bolts.

It consists, further, in a metal tube or bearing-piece which extendsthrough the body and receives the bolt which clamps the foot against theouter end of the tube and the brace which is clamped against the innerend, and which is attached to the bottom sill of the body by means of abolt, and extends up and over the corner-post, bracing the lowerdash-rail at the angle formed by the foot.

The fastening attachment, as shown, is applied to the front of apiano-box buggy; but it can be used as well with other vehicle-bodies,or set up and firmly locked together, irrespective of the material inthe body, and when properly adjusted to the vehicle great strength isadded to both the dash and the vehiclebody.

In the accompanying drawings, letter A represents the lower metal railin the dashframe, to which the foot E is welded. The foot E extendsdownward in a line with the dash-frame a sufficient distance to admit anordinary sewing-machine to stitch the leather covering at a point, K,below the rail A without being obstructed by the foot. When this pointis passed we bend the foot at right angles with the dash-frame a properdistance to form a shoulder for a brace, B, which has its lowerendattached to the sill in the bottom of the body and locks in the angleformed by the foot with the rail. We then bend the foot parallel withthe dash-frame, extendingit downward a sufficient distance between theapron of the dash and the vehicle-body, where it is then attached tothimhle or hearingpiece D by means of a screw-bolt, O, which passesthrough holes in the lower end of the foot, when the dash is properlyadjusted by swinging the bolt in the cone-shaped tube either verticallyor laterally, as the case may require, to suit vehicle-bodies ofdifferent widths and heights.

Tightening the nut F on the screw-bolt will firmly clamp the dash-footagainst the thimble or bearing-piece on the outside and against thebrace or angle-iron on theinnerside,andlocks it firmlyin the angle at K,thus forming an attachment elegant in appearance and stronger body andattaching it to the body, so as to and more durable than when the footis construeted to'pass over the top and down the inside of the body. Theholes in the foot for the reception of the bolts may be elongated in thedirection of the width of the foot, to allow a greater lateraladjustment, and we may use an eccentric screw-bolt in connectiontherewith; but this will be unnecessary, and we prefer to use thestraight bolt in connection with the cone-shaped tube, as it affordsample means of adjustment both laterally and vertically.

It will be understood that the employment of the tube D and theangle-brace B, the one passing horizontally through the body-front andhaving its ends flush with the inner and the outer sides thereof, andthe other passing over the top of the front, both forming fixed parts ofthe body-front, give the advantage of supporting and binding thedash-frame upon the front side of thefront G of the body at twopoints-viz, against the large end of the tube and against the horizontalend of the anglebrace, the latter being bound against thelower bar, A,of the dash-frame, and the foot of said frame being bound againstthe endof said tube. The dash, when adjusted, is clamped hard upon thesehearings, which serve as holding-grips under the clamping action of thescrew-bolts and their nuts. The tube is driven into an opening in thefront Gr, and the angle-brace bound upon its small end, and thedash-foot upon its large end. holds it firmly in place, so that itaffords metal bearings for the anglebrace and for the dash-frame.

We claim- 1. The combination of a vehicle-dash having integral feet Ewith one or more horizontal tubes, 1), fitted into and passing throughthe body-front in positions corresponding with the positions of thedash-feet, one or more screwbolts, 0, an angle-brace, B, for each bolt,and

means, substantially as described, whereby said dash and the angle-braces are secured to the front of the body and to each other onopposite sides of said front.

2. The dash-frame having integral feet E, adapted for attachment to theouter side of the body-front G, so that the dash-leathers extend down infront of and cover said feet, in combination with angle-braces B, thehorizontal tubes D, the screw-bolts G, and the nuts F, whereby thedash-frame is clamped and bound upon the front ends of said angle-bracesand the dash-feet clamped and bound upon the front ends of said tubesbehind the dash-leathers, substantially as described.

3. The fastening attachment for vehicledashes herein described,consisting of the tubes D, passing through the body-front, having theirends forming bearings at the outer end and inner sides thereof, theangle-braces B, the screw-bolts (3, passing through the dashfeet, thetubes, and through the an gle-braces, and the nuts F, all constructedand adapted for adjustment in connection with the dashframe, asdescribed.

4. In combination, the conical tubes D, the straight screw-bolts O, thean gle-braces B, the nuts F, and the dash-frame having integral feet E,all constructed and adapted for attaching and adjusting the dash-frameupon the front of the vehicle-body, as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

SHIELDS D. LANCE. \VILLIAM F. ELLIOTT.

Witnesses:

T. J TAYLOR, T. H. MoOoY.

